Hey Castle Plank,
Lame Palin name generator is my guess, with a small dictionary of words. Someone else on that thread got the name my son got.
Yours,
Plank Castle

Oops accidentally made that private so I hope you got it.

Thanks a bunch! I am optimistic, but really nervous too.

Your new avatar freaks me out! But you're still cool.

I have decided that I love you and your use of parentheses (even though you are sadly mistaken about a Predator vs Alien smackdown)

YAY to seeing Ani on a thread. I LOVE HER!

You're very welcome. I think we've all at some point hated our jobs and wished we'd done something differently, especially those of us coming from less than privileged backgrounds. Much as we'd all love to make a living from our art/passion project/whatever, we'd also like to eat, pay rent, live in a cool city, etc. But it is sucky spending most of your day doing something you don't like.

That thread was such a heartbreaker, it sounds like there are a lot of people in that boat right now.

Why did I just say but a million times? your genius flusters me I suppose.

This comment: Dear Philip,

The house is starting to smell like a campfire, and it's really getting quite warm. Do all the flames around me mean that my house might be on fire? Or am I just jumping to conclusions?

Thanks,
Clueless and Sweaty in Neverneverland

made me seriously laugh so hard. and I hate that I can't respond in a different way but I just read that post and the responses now (a few hours later, which is always too late to post responses to anyone blargh.) But that was brilliant.

Hey, Crooks and Liars has posted a few things on the whole Ivins/Anthrax investigation. Here's an interesting link
[www.crooksandliars.com]

I just Googled "Great Depression woman" because I knew the picture I wanted but I'll be damned if I can tell you the artist. I have always assumed it was part of the WPA series and never thought further about it. Lame, I know.